10 Quotes from Environmental Leaders
In honor of World Environment Day, a day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of environmental issues, we have gathered quotes from 10 “agents of changes” who care for Mother Earth and are raising their voice to push for positive environmental actions.
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
“The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it. As I told the foresters, and the women, you don’t need a diploma to plant a tree.”
“In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She is the mother who gives, to whom you must give back.”
“Frankly, I’d like to see us worry less about how we look and more about the things that really matter; the health of our bodies, society and the planet!”
“Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.”
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.”
“There is no longer a way of thinking about growth for growth’s sake. Growth is important, but it needs to be growth with development and sustainability, in all of its senses: social, environmental, economic, cultural.”
“We live in a disposable society. We throw so much away. But it doesn’t come from nowhere. It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations’ lives.”
“Waste equals food, whether it’s food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle.”
“There is no sustainability as far as any human, economic endeavor. We’re polluters here and we recognize that. All you can do is work towards minimizing the damage that you do. You’ll never be sustainable.
